suit

The definition of a suit is a complete outfit or a set of clothes meant to be worn together.

An example of suit is a tuxedo.

Suit means a collection or set of things.

An example of suit is diamonds, spades, hearts and clubs in playing cards.

suit

noun

a set of clothes to be worn together; now, esp., a coat and trousers (or skirt), and sometimes a vest, usually all of the same material

any complete outfit: a suit of armor

Slang a person wearing a suit; specif., a business executive or a bureaucrat: usually a term of mild derision

a group of similar things forming a set or series; specif., any of the four sets of thirteen playing cards each (spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds) that together make up a pack

Historical attendance at the court or manor of a feudal lord

action to secure justice in a court of law; attempt to recover a right or claim through legal action

an act of suing, pleading, or requesting

a petition

the act of wooing; courtship

Origin of suit

Middle English sute, a pursuit, action of suing, garb, set of garments, sequence ; from Old French suite ; from Vulgar Latin an unverified form sequita, feminine past participle of sequere, to follow ; from Classical Latin sequi, to follow: see sequent

(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.

To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences. â€” William Cowper.

Raise her notes to that sublime degree / Which suits song of piety and thee.

1910, Emerson Hough, chapter 1, The Purchase Price:

â€œ[â€¦] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weaponsâ€‰! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.â€

(most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.

To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.

My new job suits me, as I work fewer hours and don't have to commute so much.

(intransitive) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; â€” usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with.

Origin

From Anglo-Normansiute, from Old French sieute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secÅ«ta), from Latinsequi (â€œto followâ€), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together.

A man in a three-piece suit with a bowler hat, glasses and an umbrella.

suit - Computer Definition

A mildly derisive term for an anonymous business executive or bureaucrat, referring to the fact that such people typically wear suits of clothes and may lack individuality. A suit, especially an empty suit, is in sharp contrast to a techie. See also empty suit and techie.

A derogatory term for a corporate employee who wears a suit. Suits may also refer to management and marketing people. See slime.

suit - Legal Definition

n

Any proceeding brought by
one or more parties against another one or more parties in a court of law. See
also action and litigation.